Aegithina Nigrolutea Bird
Aegithina Nigrolutea Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Iora nigrolutea Str.Feath. 4 p.410
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Aegithinidae / Aegithina
Taxonomy Code: whtior1
Type Locality: Meerut and Saharunpoor.
Author: Marshall, GFL
Publish Year: 1876
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
AEGITHINA
(Aegithinidae; Ϯ Common Iora A. tiphia) Gr. αιγιθος aigithos or αιγινθος aiginthos unknown and mythical bird mentioned by Aristotle, Aelianus, Dionysius, and other authors, subsequently linked to various species; "ÆGITHINE, Ægithina. Motac. aut Silvia, Gm. Lath. Bec alongé, un peu robuste, plus ou moins fléchi en arc, cylindrique, échancré vers le bout de sa partie supérieure. — Ailes courtes. — La 1.re remige plus courte que les secondaires. Esp. Fauvette leucoptère, Vieill. Ois. de l'Am. sept." (Vieillot 1816); "Aegithina Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 44. Type, by monotypy, Fauvette leucoptère = Sylvia leucoptera Vieillot = Motacilla tiphia Linnaeus." (Delacour in Peters 1960, IX, p. 300).
Var. Aegithia.
Synon. Aethorhynchus, Jora, Phoenicomanes.
nigrolutea / nigroluteus
L. niger black; luteus saffron-yellow.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)